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PROVOCATEUR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does provocateur mean?
• PROVOCATEUR (noun)
The noun PROVOCATEUR has 1 sense:
1. a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts
Familiarity information: PROVOCATEUR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
agent provocateur; provocateur
Hypernyms ("provocateur" is a kind of...):
intelligence agent; intelligence officer; operative; secret agent (a person secretly employed in espionage for a government)
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